75% Food
(formerly The Rang Tang Barbecue Hour)
Now that Rang Tang Craft Barbecue has found our anchor location at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market it’s become obvious that there are a plethora of non-barbecue stories to be told—some of them not even food-related! So here we are, iiiiiinnnnn-trooooo-ducing……..75% Food.
The first iteration of the podcast follows restaurant industry veterans L.R. (that’s me) and Andy on a research and development journey through Texas. Starting with Episode 16 we shift into 75% Food, an interview format featuring people in Colorado and beyond sharing stories of discovering and following their calling. We hope you find these people as inspiring as we do.
Episodes
Episode 23: Mountain Girl Pickles' Laraina James
Releasing today in honor of Small Business Saturday, Laraina’s story is the quintessential successful small business arc: she started by selling to the restaurant where she worked and now her pickles are now carried in stores all over the country. Join us on the journey! Show notes Mountain Girl Pickles websiteMountain Girl Pickles on InstagramBoulder […]
Episode 22: Grama Grass & Livestock's Andy Breiter and Julia Wolfe
As founder Andy and Director of Sales Julia talk about in this episode, Grama’s mission is evident in its name: grass (i.e. land stewardship) comes first; the livestock is the main tool and one of the results of this stewardship. It’s also a way of funding the endeavor, and the resultant grass-finished beef is available […]
EPISODE 21: BOULDER VALLEY HONEY'S CHRIS BORKE
Once you know Chris Borke you won’t be surprised by a quirky item listed on Boulder Valley Honey’s pricing sign at the farmers market: “Bee facts: free”. As you’ll hear in this episode, when I arrived at his farm the immersion was so immediate and so fascinating and so worth sharing that we had to […]
EPISODE 20: WOW CHAD CRYDERMAN
Chad Cryderman and Cryderman’s Barbecue is, in a lot of ways, the antithesis of Rang Tang: Chad & Cryderman’s are larger than life; Rang Tang is a little more demure. Some of what him and I have in common is that we are both front-of-the-house type people who ended up cooking/preparing food for our own […]
EPISODE 19: MOST EXCELLENT SOFT SERVE with Powercone Pete
EPISODE 019 THE POWER CONE. This week on 75% Food we have the man behind the cones: Pete Castleberry, @thepowercone. Not only is his soft serve phenomenal, he’s also a great guy and his Instagram account is easily the most entertaining on my feed. The Cone Pony (his van), Napkin Cat (RIP 😢 for the moment […]
Episode 18: Mushroom Man Michael Heim of Mycolove Farm
EPISODE 018 MBH aka @michaelbheim, founder and COO of @mycolovefarm, and good friend for over 10 years. If you want to learn more about mushrooms…well, this is your chance. We cover the process from inoculation to fruiting body, why Mycolove grows their own more expensive and more labor-intensive fruiting bodies (as opposed to buying them or using […]
Episode 017: Zoe of Moon Raccoon Baking Co., laminate master
Zoe and her business partner Kate started Moon Raccoon Baking Co. in 2020 as a test run; four years later they're on the verge of moving into a brick and mortar. In October I sat down with Zoe to get her culinary story. Tl;dr: she's a total crusher.
Episode 016: Introducing 75% Food w guest host + guide on the path Ginny Muir
Boulder coach & shaman Ginny Muir guides me (host L.R.) through the story of Rang Tang Craft Barbecue before we shift to Ginny's calling and deep work in service to others.
Episode 015: Emmet Barr • Buchi Café Cubano, Leadville CO
Emmet was 13 when he started his first job in the food industry; most of the next 37 years involved food in one way or another. This (longish) podcast is a survey of that lifetime of experience. If you've ever wondered what life is like in kitchens - or what it's like to find your purpose - you'll likely find this episode fascinating.
Episode 014: Michael Sullivan • A Mini Branding Masterclass
If your favorite part of the SuperBowl is analyzing the ads you'll love this interview with my friend Michael. He helped tighten up the Rang Tang type-driven logo and he designed our first trucker hat - I could listen to Michael talk design and branding all day and you probably could too. Check him out.
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Meet the Host
L.R. Laggy
Howdy 🙂 In June 2020 I received a (figurative) download that I was supposed to start a barbecue restaurant. Not one to question that kind of message, over the next year I assembled a lot of gear and a little knowledge and in September 2021 I officially served my first food as Rang Tang Craft Barbecue.
Similar to taking a bite of overwhelmingly good barbecue, the act of podcasting marks a moment in time by bringing the people involved into the here and now. My hope is that the stories shared are entertaining, inspiring, and may even inform some aspect of your own life. We’d love to know what you think.
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